Lenovo - Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 vs Dell - XPS 16 (9650)

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (73.4 vs 74.1). The decision is not about overall quality — both clear the bar — it is about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 if the display is what you stare at all day — refresh rate, brightness, or sharpness is where the difference will be most visible. The biggest gaps in its favor are refresh rate, cpu cores. The single most decisive one: Refresh rate — 100.00% more. 240 Hz vs 120 Hz.

Pick the XPS 16 (9650) if your top frustration with your current device is running out of charge before the day ends — endurance is the lead spec here. Its strongest claims are claimed battery life, battery, thunderbolt ports, among others. The single most decisive one: Claimed battery life — 62.50% more. 13 h vs 8 h.

Both ship with comparable ram, storage, backlit keyboard, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.